Year 10
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will be introduced to one of two searching algorithms we need to know about: linear search. We will go over the steps of carrying out a linear search, and perform a linear search in real life and with a sample of data.
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4 Questions
Q1.
'Calculates the remainder of a division.'
Integer division
Q2.
'Calculates the whole number of times the divisor will go into the dividend '
Modulo (MOD)
Q3.
State the result of the following calculation in Python: 14 % 4
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4
Q4.
State the result of the following calculation in Python: 28 // 5
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9
4 Questions
Q1.
What card would you need to search for, for the best-case scenario to occur?
10
7
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9
Q2.
What card would you need to search for, for the worst-case scenario to occur?
10
6
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9
Q3.
How many comparisons would it take to work out that a card wasn’t in the set of cards?
10
6
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9
Q4.
When carrying out the linear search, does the data need to be ordered?
Yes